Improvement in envelopes for needles



ARTHUR JAMEs,1or'REDDITCH, ENGLAND. f Leners Parmi No. 83,284, amd 06am2o, 1868i IMPROVEMENT IN ENVELOPES FOR NEEDLES.

The Schedule referred to in Lthese Letters, Patentand making p't of thesame.

Toalltocvhom'itma/yconce'm: "l A `Be it known that I, ARTHUR J Arras, ofRedditch,

in the county of Worcester, England, needle-manufa turer, a subject ofthe Queen of Great Britain, have invented or discovered new and usefullImprovements in Needle-Gases and Viappers;v and I, the said AR- TEURJAMES, do herebyzdeclare the nature ofthe said invention, and in whatmanner the same is to. be performed, to be particularlyI described andascertained in and by the following statement thereof; that is to say-My invention consists o f a needle-case made of paper,

Vfolded and pasted inthe form of a dat tube, openat both ends. One endofthe dat tube is cnt away on one side,and the remainingside is made of anearly semi-V circular gure, andconstitutes a iiap.' When the dat papertube is folded near its middle, the before-mentioned flap can beinserted in the openendof the tube,Y

thus forming a dat case.

'The needles, stuck upon paper or fablic in the ordinary Way, areintroduced into the open case at the end on which the iiap is formed,the front of the inner side of the .case at that part beingvcut away,the said cutaway part having a nearly lsemicircular ligure, to permit ofthe ready removal, when the-case is open, of the needles from the paperor fabric in which they are stuck.

-A piece of paper,.cut in the manner described,` but Without having itsedges pastedtogedier, may be employed as a wrapper in which toeneloseneedles.

In4 making a needle-case according` tothis part of my invention, I takea blank o'r pieceofpaper-,mhe form represented inFigure 1 of thedrawing. The said blank consists of a rectangular pieceof paper, thetops of the side pieces a b of which are cut away, and the top, c2, fthe middle part, c, ismade of a nearly semi-` circular igure, andconstitutesa ap.

By folding the side pieces'a b, of the blank, fig. 1, at

the vertical 'lines d e, upon the middle part c, and

pasting. thesaid edges of the side pieces@ b together,

A a Hat tube, open at both ends, is formed, as `illustrated `in Figure2, the said tube having a ilap, c2, at the top of on'e side,gand anearly semicircular openingj`, at, the top of the other side ofthe saidtube.

By folding the tube, ig.v2, -at about its middle, that is, at the lineg, a flat case, and represented in elevation and edge view in Figure 3,is formed', the flap c2 being capable of being insertedin the open endofthe case, so as to securely close the case.

The needles to be held in the case are stuck upona piece of fabric orpaper, and enclosed in a wrapper or covering ofthe kind represented inFigure 4. This wrap'- per consists of a strip 0f paper somewhat longerthan .the needles to be covered, the top being formed into a flap hl Y lThe needles being laidV upon the paper, ignl, the iiap hand bottom:piece i' al'efolded upon the needles, as' illustrated in the edge view,and the needles thus covered or wrapped up, are introduced through theopening j' intothe case, iig. 2, where theupper parts ,of the needlesare represented broken oiffor thepurpose of exhibiting theopeningf inthecase.

By now folding the case at its niiddle,g, an'd inserting the flap cz inthe' open end of the case, the said case ,'maybe removedfrom thefabricinwhich they are stuck.

The needlesstuck upon fabric or paper may be placed in thecase` Withouta cover or Wrapper, but I prefer to use a cover or wrapper.

' -By leavingthe edges of the folded parts of the tube ig.`3, unpasted,the said tube may b e employed as a wrapper in which .toencloseineedles.`

Instead of making the` case square, it may be mad of l an oblong form,as illustrated in Figures 5, 6,.and 7 ,g. 5 representing the blank, g. 6the tube or case made from the said blank, and fig. 7 the folded flatcase.

Having now described my invention, and-the ma'nl nerin which the sameisy or may be carried into e'ect,

What I elaim,`and desire to secure by' Letters Patent, is'-A'needle-case or wrapper, made from a blank, formed and folded as hereindescribed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

ARTHUR J AMES. [14. s.]

Witnesses:

GEORGE, SHAW,

Camion Street, Bi/rmdngham. RICHARD SKERRETT,

Cannon Street, Birmingham.

